A taste of Chatuchak

As I haven't been to Thailand before let alone Chatuchak, I was glad that this joint serves the famous Coconut icecream from Chatuchak street.

Ironically, it is located right next to this coconut milk beverage joint which has been there for years.
[I wonder if they are competitors or partners!!]




I specifically came here for the NC coconut jelly but they said it was sold out even though there were two in the fridge which is the same packaging as the one on their FB.
[It was probably reserved for the media].


Sampled their coconut icecream which was not bad.


As I came all the way to MK, decided to try the dessert served in a coconut shell which is basically the famous Chatuchak coconut icecream served in a coconut shell with coconut flesh and a topping.


Some of the flesh is partially scooped for your convenience.

For $25, you get a mini cup of coconut water and a free topping.



The toppings you can choose are coconut gels, cornflakes, palm coconut, red beans and more but I would like to see glutinous rice as an option too.


It was a bit troublesome paying and collecting the dessert because MK is really crowded.
I was given the coconut water which I downed imediately or I wouldn't have hands for the dessert.
The coconut water comes from the coconuts and not the cans displayed beside it.


It was quite good that they gave you that because when they open the coconut the water isn't wasted and it freshens your mouth with a nice coconut aroma before you start the icecream.

After i finished that, the dessert came which was served in a small coconut shell wrapped in some paper.


I chose cornflakes as a topping because the cornflakes were unsweetened.

Beneath the scoop of icecream, there was scraped coconut meat from the shell.
I loved it because the coconut icecream was like icy sorbet with pieces of coconut meat in it with a creamy taste that was complemented nicely by the cornflakes which had a tad of saltiness to it.


As i finished most of the icecream, the coconut meat was pretty hard to scrape using their plastic spoon.


For improvements, it would be good if they scraped all the flesh because their spoons are not made for tough use.

While I was eating there this woman also had trouble finishing off the flesh at the bottom and queried the girl about it.
The staff was really nice and helped her scrape the rest.
However the scraper was not immediately washed and placed back in the holder so when they next use it that person will get her saliva.

Apart from that, it was really delicious because the coconut flesh tastes creamier with more mouthfeel compared to the young coconut flesh which is softer.

Next time I am in MK, I will try the coconut jelly.

Summery Cantonese cuisine @ Telford recreational club

This was my first time attending an Ufood event and it was really fun.

The event was located at the Telford recreational club, which I have not heard of before until this event, after the dinner we had a tour of the club and it turns out a lot of filming took place here.

The dinner was held in the Grand ballroom, which was really grand just like its name.
It had tall ceilings, a nice stage and a grand carriage on the left.

Anyway the food served today was designed for summer and it was refreshing and light that it consisted of seafood.

The menu consisted of (Quoted exactly from the menu):Mango salad
Sauteed sea cucumber in teriyaki sauce
Double boiled sharks fin soup and assorted dried seafood and sugar cane
Deep fried fresh garoupa served with strawberry sauce
Baked abalone in tomato cup
Braised wintermelon with prawn and tobiko
Poached crispy rice with assorted seafood
Baked coconut with egg white
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Mango salad:

The presentation was fun, it looked like there was a face and I liked the way the tobiko and dragonfruit was separate from the salad.

I had the salad first because it was sweet and towards the end I started adding some tobiko to balance out the sweetness with its natrual saltiness.

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Sauteed sea cucumber in teriyaki sauce:

This was surprisingly nice because the teriyaki sauce was just right and not too sweet.

There were also aubergines, bell peppers and lotus roots as well as sea cucumber.

The lotus root and aubergine was really nice with the teriyaki sauce.

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Double boiled sharks fin soup and assorted dried seafood and sugar cane:

When I saw the menu I looked at it twice when I saw sugar cane because I have never seen it in soups.

The soup was sweet and nice and there were shark fins in it, which is rare these days.

As well as that there was fish maw, sea cucumber, chicken feet. Although the soup was sweet I could not taste the cane sugar taste but it tasted natrual and not cloyingly sweet.

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Deep fried fresh garoupa served with strawberry sauce:

When it was served it reminded me of fish and chips. It was interesting eating the deep fried garoupa because in UK it is usually cod and haddock. The garoupa had a softer texture.

The strawberry sauce was contained in a really small cute glass cup with diced strawberries in it as well.

The chef here is really good because so far the sauces were not too sweet.

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Baked abalone in tomato cup:

Usually abalone is served with gravy, but this one was baked with cheese.

The abalone was slightly chewy but otherwise the onion and celery cream sauce inside the hollowed out tomato was nice.

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Braised wintermelon with prawn and tobiko:

This was fun to eat and it was nice and light, and best of all the prawn was gutted but the orange roe was still attached to the prawn and it had green pakalana flower buds in the soup and tobiko topped on top of the prawn.

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Poached crispy rice with assorted seafood:

This was my favourite, the soup was really sweet which I intially thought was due to the scallops however found out it was sweet because it had cane sugar and imperatae and the soup tasted really natural.

The crispy rice was the best and makes it different from other boring soup rices.

Interestingly the menu did not say the soup had cane sugar but it was mentioned in the dry seafood soup.

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Baked coconut with egg white:

When it arrived I was stunned to see a piece of puff pastry on top!

It reminded me of an upside down egg tart with the tart base now being the lid and the egg white being the egg tart filling. The egg white was really nice and the texture was so silky.

The egg white was interesting because you could actually taste strong coconut in it and it was really fun to eat.

Again the the chef was really good the sweetness was just right.

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Delicious coconut egg white munchies @ Orchid Padaria

I have always been a fan of Orchid Padaria Bakery but their shops were located in the New Territories or KCR stations which is not in my path.
Now they have a few shops in the city which is really good.

Previously I have tried their sawdust puddings and they were good.
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This time when I went in, there were quite a few interesting items such as the cheese triangles, and macarons.
The cheese triangles can be bought in packs or in twos.

 

Anyway in UK we have Dairylea so it would be interesting to try a different brand that is not imported in the UK.
I really regretted not getting some.
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I spotted some bite size snacks which looked like mini coconut macaroons which are not to be confused with the French Macarons as seen in the above picture.
Coconut macaroons are really sweet snacks made with lots of coconut, almond and starch which gives it firmess.
The ones here looked light and they are called Coconut and egg whites and a bit like baked meringues.
When I opened the packet, I could instantly smell the coconut which was really nice.
I loved the size of them.

 

 

Anyway, the taste was great, it was not too sweet but it got sweeter after I had quite a few.

It had the same texture as crispy meringue and there was so much dessicated coconut in it.
If you leave them for a while, the humidity will make them chewy and they also tasted gorgeous chewy, so I am going to get another pack and deliberately leave it in the open for a while to make them chewy.